Collin Cram joined the Oregon State staff as an assistant jumps and multi-event coach prior to the 2012-13 academic year.
A native of Florence, Ore., Cram is a highly decorated multi-event athlete who has spent the last two years coaching at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Calif. where he tutored all-state performers in the jumps (triple jump, long jump, high jump, pole vault), multis (decathlon, heptathlon) and javelin. Under Cram's guidance, Jaci Powell was a two-time California Community College State Champion (2011-12) in the heptathlon who also placed seventh at the 2011 Junior Heptathlon in Eugene in June 2011 (4804). Powell also set the school record for the Rustlers in the triple jump (38'7").
While at Golden West College, Cram also coached the 2011 California Community College seventh-place heptathlete, Tailor Dunigan (4090), in addition to helping 1984 Olympic coach Dave Rodda teach post-collegiate multi-event athletes.
Prior to coaching, Cram was a two-time Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Decathlon Champion (2006-07) while at Lane Community College in Eugene. In 2006 he was named NWAACC Most Outstanding Athlete and 2007 saw him earn recognition as the NWAACC Field Athlete of the Year. He placed at the NWAACC Championships 11 times in the pole vault, long jump, javelin, 110m high hurdles, 4X100m relay and the decathlon. Cram was also a nine-time NWAACC All-American.
After competing at Lane CC, Cram attended Long Beach State, where he placed third in the Big West decathlon in 2008 and was coached by the aforementioned Rodda. An All-Big West performer, Cram was also a conference qualifier in the pole vault and long jump. He placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 23-02.50 and had a runner-up finish in the javelin with a season-best of 186-04 at the Big West Challenge in 2008.
Cram attended Siuslaw High School where he was a two-sport star in both football and track and field. On the gridiron, he was a First Team All-State wide receiver and a Third Team All-State defensive back. In his senior season he totaled 20 touchdowns, 16 receiving, and 949 yards to propel him to an appearance in the 2004 East/West All-Star Shrine Game.
At the prep level, he was a state pole vault champion in 2004, placed at state eight total times in the 110m high hurdles, long jump, pole vault and 300m intermediate hurdles and was an Oregon 3A High Point Scorer.
Cram also played football at the University of Oregon during the 2004 season.
